---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> Date: 17 April 2017 at 16:02 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Garg ji, Herbs annual, monoecious. Stems straight, branched, 40-100 cm tall; stems and petioles sparsely armed with short stinging and pubescent hairs. Stipules ovate-oblong, ca. 4 mm, -not clear; leaf blade ovate or cordate, 5-8 × 4-5.5 cm, herba-ceous, 3-veined, lateral basal pair reaching middle margin, lateral veins 5 or 6 each side of midvein, reaching teeth, both surfaces sparsely armed with short, stinging hairs, base abruptly cuneate or shallowly cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate; cystoliths botuliform, regularly arranged abaxially along veins. Inflorescences axillary, long spicate, to 25 cm, glomerules at intervals along elongated peduncle consequent upon great reduction of the lateral branches, sparsely armed with minutely stinging hairs. based on the characters I have identified ; flower is not clear; you can observe these characters in the pictures; As per K.M Mathews Flora Karnatika and Tamilnadu and As per eflora China the description is verified; Please observe the inflorescence branches; The images given by Flora of Mozambique, and other threads are different; pls observe them they are close to our friends images thank you regards A.Lalithamba On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:39 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Lalithamba ji. > I checked on different threads under Laportea interrupta > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/u/urticaceae/laportea/laportea-interrupta>, > but I find the images different, particularly the inflorescence. > > On 7 April 2017 at 14:27, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Lalithamba ji. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >> Date: 7 April 2017 at 14:00 >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >> >> >> It looks like* Laportea interrupta* (L.)Chew, >> regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:37 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> It seems to be* Urtica hyperborea** Jacq. ex Wedd.* - from Santhan ji >>> Surely Urtica hyperborea has never been recorded from Tamil Nadu before? >>> Sorry Santhan but this plant does not come close to Urtica >>> hyperborea..... >>> I am familiar with U.hyperborea from high-altitude passes in Ladakh - >>> which is thousands >>> of kms to the north with a completely different climate. >>> According to 'Flowers of the Himalaya' this species is distributed from >>> Pakistan to Bhutan also >>> Tibet and Mongolia on stony high altitude steppes @ 4100-5100m. >>> Stewart gives an altitudinal range for Hunza, Baltistan & Ladakh from >>> 3600-5200m. >>> It is also recorded from E.Tibet North of Sikkim on mountain slopes @ >>> 5000m. >>> An occurrence, albeit in the hills near Ooty, would be extraordinary. >>> I have never been to Tamil Nadu and know nothing of its flora. >>> I note there are no images of U.hyperborea on efi. - >>> from Chadwell ji. >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> >>> Date: 27 March 2017 at 19:16 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Urtica, undershrub at 2000m altitude near Doddabetta Nilgiri Tamilnadu >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). 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